Wordiezett So much average

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

paid in full To be fair, this movie had potential; hence why I watched half of it before I took a break. You see, the acting is good. But there is a little something missing that could have made this story a little more believable in my opinion. The filmmaker pushed the envelope and either they are far ahead of their time or has too much imagination that need to be checked.

duffjerroldorg How can it be that something so distant can feel so close. This is one of those films that makes me wish I had made it. Crazy I know, but the feeling is real. It's like saying, "oh no, I wanted to tell that story myself" It rarely happens to me but it happened before, I had that feeling with "Purple Noon" and "Apartment Zero" - What's wrong with me, right? - All films of lyrical darkness. "The Tenant" is terrifying and you don't want it to stop. All those Oscar winners, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Lila Kedrova and Shelley Winters for goodness sake - permeating the horrible attraction to the building - yes just like in Apartment Zero. Roman Polanski not only directs but also plays the title character, to perfection, I hasten to ad. Like most works of art, it's not for everybody, I know some people I admire who, hate, hate! The Tenant. I get it but I'm sorry because I know they are missing something, I don't know what, but something.

SnoopyStyle Trelkovsky (Roman Polanski) is a meek bureaucrat in Paris. He rents an apartment whose previous tenant Egyptologist Simone Choule jumped out the window. She goes to the hospital to find Stella (Isabelle Adjani) with her friend Simone completely bandaged. His neighbor complains about his noisy party. There are strange things happening and he's getting paranoid about the other people in the building.There is a nice sense of impending doom. The whole movie is a series of slightly off situations. It feels Kafkaesque. Roman Polanski is not a good enough actor to bring out that intense paranoia or that disturbed frustration. The movie does ramble around and it needs a more compelling lead to take charge. It goes off in some maddening avenues. I actually don't like the dueling point of views between the real world and his perception. It would be better to stay only with his surreal visions until the final scenes.

pras_iam Entire movie is nerve-racking experience. Not exactly frightening but unsettling and leaving us disturbed.Every time I watch this movie, it makes me think from different angle.I read some where that it was Roman Polanski's experiment and he did not liked it much. Still I rate this movie more than his other classic work like Rosemary's baby and Repulsion which are also dealing with loneliness and psychological issues.This film would have been incomplete without Sven Nykvist. This was the first time Sven working with Polanski and he nailed it. This is one the best photography and camera work by him. Use of Jimmy Jib in opening credit scene is astounding and notable. It's single uncut shot where camera moves slowly showing every window in apartment and finally tenant entering as if birth of human being, soul(Tenant) entering in body(Apartment). Marvelous job. Unlike Sven's earlier work with Ingmar Bergman where he has used extreme closeup and bright colors to lit up the actors, here in Tenant he kept the tone dark and shot the sequences in low light, still manages to show every single visual detail of the background which was extremely necessary to create necessary atmosphere.Regarding screenplay - Though I have yet to read original novel but watching movie, I feel Polanski and Gerard's screenplay must have justified the Roland's novel. Original story is ambiguous and so does the movie script. Every time we watch, we can change our conclusion. It's unclear and confusing. Entire premise of Apartment and tenant is symbolic representation of Body and Soul. Movie mainly deals with Protagonist's paranoia. How his loneliness and weak mind absorb his identity and transform him to psychologically disturbed person. Location plays vital role in his loneliness. And who else knows better than Polanski how to use location and camera.All actors have played their part very well. It was Polanski's smart move to chose himself as the main character. His face and physical stature fits the role perfectly.Only single scene which I am yet to understand is Slap of kid ??? May be that shows how much he is disturbed.If you really like movies dealing with mind game / psychological issues, then along with Repulsion and Rosemary's baby this one is for you.